Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 147 The Dead

Tessa gave up her night of pleasure and drove to the shooting scene...

When the police car stopped, Shanying realized that there was a high-end villa community ahead.

At this time, the security guards in the villa area were in a mess. When they saw a police car coming, the security guard in charge of the gate quickly opened the gate, rushed to the side of the cab, and said a few words loudly to Tessa...

Shanying didn't understand Thai, but he could see the excitement in Tessa's eyes. This time he didn't try to persuade her. Instead, he stretched out his left hand to grab the handle on the roof of the car, and pulled out the pistol with his right hand and cocked the hammer.

Tessa saw Shanying's actions. She drove quickly into the villa area and said, "A gunman broke into the villa area and killed a family..."

Shanying pulled his hand and shook his head, saying, "Why are you so excited when a family member died?"

Tessa shook her head and said, "I have a friend who owns a house here. Every house here is equipped with surveillance and security systems. Once we get to the scene, we'll know if it was done by the killer today.

If he did it, then the dead must be related to the people who betrayed him, and those people should be the ones we are looking for."

Shanying chose to keep quiet after hearing this, because what Tessa said was not impossible...

Because Shanying felt that if he were in his shoes, he would also choose to retaliate after being betrayed.

This may not be a wise approach, but it is the most efficient one.

Rather than being hunted down for a long time by the person who wants to silence you, it is better to kill the person and make your escape a little easier.

With the killer's skills, it is more than enough to deal with the Thai police.

However, Shanying still had some doubts as to whether it was really such a coincidence...

Tessa drove quickly to the villa where the incident happened...

Two young security guards were vomiting at the garage door of the villa, and the other security guards of the villa looked at the villa from a distance and did not dare to go forward...

Shanying saw two children, one big and one small, standing on the lawn in front of the villa. They hugged each other tightly and cried loudly. He followed Tessa and pushed the door open and got out of the car...

He pushed Tessa on the back, signaling her to take the two children to a safe place. Then Shanying held the gun to his chest with his right hand and walked quickly towards the gate of the villa.

Nearly 15 minutes had passed from the time they heard the gunshots to the time they arrived at the scene. Shanying didn't think the gunman would stay here.

However, due to his habit of being cautious, Shanying still chose the safest approach. He stepped on the lawn to avoid the shooting angle from inside the villa through the gate, and quickly rushed to the side of the gate. He stuck to the door and quickly looked inside. Then he frowned deeply...

Entering the gate is a hollow carved wooden entrance hall, and behind the entrance hall is a large foyer...

There were two bodies with their throats slit lying on the floor of the hallway. They were dressed like bodyguards, and one of them was holding a pistol.

Just as Shanying was about to move forward to check, Tessa followed him...

This seemingly impulsive and brainless policewoman did not show any impulsive emotions when facing professional questions. She held her gun tightly behind Shanying and said, "The two children said that someone killed their parents and the bodyguard at home...

There is only one person on the other side!"

"Then this person must be very powerful..."

Shanying broke into the living room on the first floor of the villa with a gun, and after a quick search, he stood guard at the entrance of the villa's stairs and said to Tessa, who had a horrified expression, "Don't just stand there, what's so scary about a dead person?

Help me guard the stairs, I'll go up and take a look..."

Tessa looked at the bodies of a man and a woman lying dead in the living room...

They knelt in front of the coffee table, their hands tied behind their backs and their chins resting on the solid wood coffee table.

Although the woman died from having her throat cut and bleeding, her overall condition was relatively good, but the man was not so...

All of the man's facial features were removed and neatly placed on the coffee table, forming a cruel abstract painting.

Tessa was someone who had seen big scenes before, but such a cruel way of death still made her feel a little creepy.

This practice, which clearly carries the meaning of revenge and warning, is generally used by drug dealers in the Golden Triangle.

However, drug dealers will not only target men, they will not let the two children go.

Tessa had no time to think about who could be so cruel. She walked to Shanying's side and followed him to the second floor, protecting each other...

After searching several rooms, they found that only a safe in the master bedroom was opened...

Shanying didn't know what was in the safe, but after a careful inspection, Shanying found several passports and a gun box left at the scene, and a 9mm bullet on the ground, which might have been missed because of the hasty operation...

While Tessa was checking the safe at Mountain Eagle, she went into the cloakroom to check the hostess's jewelry, only to find that nothing was missing.

This made her more certain that this was a murder caused by hatred, and also made her more certain that it was related to the previous killer.

When Shanying was checking the safe, he unexpectedly discovered that the color of the wall behind the desk where the safe was stored was a bit strange, and someone had deliberately dug a small hole in it... He stood up and knocked on the wall with his hand, then frowned and picked up a solid wood pen holder on the desk as a hammer, and smashed it heavily on the wall...

The wall made a muffled sound and then became dented.

Finding that there was only one layer of gypsum board, Shanying stretched out two fingers and inserted them into the small hole. He pulled hard and tore a hole in the gypsum board...

Looking at the exposed things, Shanying bit his teeth and greeted Tessa in disbelief...

"Come and see, there's a lot of money hidden here, FUCK, a lot of money!
Whoever killed the owner of this place gave up the biggest reward! "

Tessa ran to the side of the Eagle, looked at the torn place, and revealed a large bundle of banknotes wrapped in plastic wrap. She was surprised to join the Eagle in tearing the wall...

A few minutes later, Shanying looked at a wall of money that was 1 meter wide and 1.5 meters high. He pulled out a bundle of banknotes and looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh...

"If they are all thousand-dollar bills, then there must be at least 100 million Thai baht here. Why would this guy hide so much money?
The killer had obviously discovered this place, but why didn't he try to take away some money?"

As Shanying was talking, he saw a black book stuck on the top of the money wall. He reached out and took the book down to flip through it. He found that it was all written in Thai and he couldn't understand it...

When handing the notebook to Tessa, something like a bookmark fell out of it.

Shanying picked up the thing curiously and took a look at it. This bookmark-sized thing was made of titanium alloy. One side was printed with a ferocious-looking ghost head, and the other side was covered with densely packed Braille-like dots.

Just when Shanying wanted to ask Tessa if she had ever seen such a thing, Tessa looked at the contents of the notebook in her hand and screamed...

"It's the assassination notes of the 'Substitute Organization'. It records all the assassination operations of the 'Substitute' from 2013 to 2014..."

Tessa quickly flipped through her notebook, roughly calculated it, took a breath, and said, "At least 200 people!
This is the headquarters of the 'Dead Replacement Organization'!"

After hearing this, Shanying said helplessly: "Can you tell me something I can understand?"

Tessa took out her cell phone with a serious expression and called the Criminal Investigation Bureau to get help. After notifying her colleagues, Tessa took out her notebook and said in a deep voice, "The Substitute is a killer group active in Southeast Asia. They are known for being cheap and willing to do anything.

It is said that the deaths of several presidential candidates in the Philippines were related to them...

The killers in this organization are usually recruited from the slums. The top leaders of the organization will train and brainwash the children in the slums...

Some slum killers who were caught in the past said that they could only get $100 to $200 for killing a person.

A few years ago, Thailand organized a special crackdown on scapegoats active in the slums, eventually forcing them to withdraw from the Thai market.

In the past, we always thought that the main activity area of the scapegoats was limited to the Philippines, but we didn’t expect that they were still active in Thailand and killed so many people.”

Shanying heard this and frowned, saying, "Isn't this just a gang that takes advantage of others' misfortunes?

The work is taken online, and then subcontracted layer by layer, and in the end the killer may only have a few hundred yuan left..."

After hearing this, Tessa shook her head and said, "The organization of the deceased is not very strict. It is indeed a bit like a gang. They are not only engaged in the sale of assassins, but also in the extremely cruel loan sharking business...

They usually control young people coming out of the slums through debt and drugs.”

After Shanying heard this, he shook his head and said, "They are in trouble this time...

If this is really the headquarters of the substitute deceased, then the identities of the couple who died below are very suspicious.

The killer tortured the man, perhaps not simply to get the safe combination, but to let the surrogate's superiors see it."

Shanying handed the bookmark to Tessa, took her a few steps back, looked at the banknote wall and said, "I don't know where the money came from. If it was all earned from assassinations, then the profitability of this organization is really good...

Combined with the fact that they charge very low prices, it indirectly shows that they have very good channels to attract customers.

In this case, it is impossible for them to completely avoid the police's sight, unless..."

"Unless they have a protective umbrella above them..."

Tessa said with a heavy expression, "Someone high up in the police force must have blocked some important intelligence, so we know nothing about the comeback of the deceased."

Shanying looked at Tessa's nervous expression and said with a smile, "Since the notebook records all the business completed for the deceased, you can take it back and compare it, and you will find out where the problem lies.

More than 200 homicides cannot be concealed at all. By checking the police investigation records and comparing them more, we can roughly identify the location of the protector.

I think an organization that does this kind of low-end work won't be able to develop any high-level protection umbrellas...

The police who are responsible for investigating homicide cases and even the police who are responsible for responding to police calls at the grassroots level may be theirs..."

As he spoke, Shanying suddenly thought of the police officers who had problems in the hospital. He and Tessa looked at each other and said in unison...

"It's really that killer!"

(End of this chapter)